By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com It took more than six years, but Charleroi has received millions of dollars to help rehabilitate its traffic signals. In 2017, the borough learned ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Many roadways closed this week because of heavy flooding and debris have reopened.   Many residents in towns along the Monongahela and Youghiogheny...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area students are preparing to belt out tunes of biblical proportions next weekend. The high school’s production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicol...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi small business is in the running to prove it has the best pierogis in southwestern Pennsylvania.   Celebrations by Janet Rands, operate...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com People say dogs are a man’s best friend, but it turns out a German shepherd from Washington Township has a few hundred best friends of her own.   T...

By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Rain continued to come down Thursday throughout the Mon Valley, bringing flooding concerns to area communities for another day.   PennDOT, along wi...

By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI The soggy weather couldn’t dampen the mood in Donora Wednesday as Washington County Commissioners and borough officials gathered to celebrate another victory in the quest...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Area School Board introduced the district’s preliminary budget Thursday for the 2024-25 school year, which does not include a tax increase.   The...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com Thanks to an outpouring of support, Russ’ Tavern owners Tommy and Justine Russell and their son, Evan, presented a donation Thursday to Belle Vernon American Legion...

MVI staff reports Several residents were rescued and roads were closed as flooding spread through the Mon Valley Wednesday, As more rain fell Wednesday morning, creek and river levels around the area ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com First responders who spent most of Wednesday helping victims of rising waters in river communities along the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers didn...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to hire new police officers as well as promote current veteran officers to sergeant. During Wednesda...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com McKeesport police have implemented new measures to help foster positive relationships with residents in the community. Resident Courtney Thompkins told council ...

By Jeff Himler Trib Total Media The work includes everything from reconfiguring a highway interchange in Rostraver to improving traffic signal features at nearly 50 intersections. The projects represe...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward High School cast members will be out there on the road — or some would say Alabama — for this year’s musical. Their musical production of “Big Fis...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Heavy rain and storms swept through the region Tuesday, leaving several Mon Valley communities flooded, and the wet weather is far from over. A flo...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monessen church was vandalized over Easter weekend.   Pastor Gabriel Morin said he returned to his church, Last Call for Salvation Church of Chri...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com The West Newton Community Pool is looking to reopen this summer as major renovations are nearly complete.   “We totally replumbed the whole pool filtration syst...

By Michael Richter   mrichter@yourmvi.com School districts in the Mon Valley have altered their schedules to give students and staff a chance to safely experience a total solar eclipse.   The eclipse ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Two Monongahela business have recently had to address rumors that they are closing.   Chloe & Me Candles operates a brick-and-mortar shop along Wes...